A001002 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2001-06-21 human Ailie Smith; Ken McInnes updated 2026-01-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A001002b.htm corporateBody Die Casters Pty Ltd AACR2 1926 Start Place Richmond, Victoria, Australia Manufacturing Industry Die Casters Pty Ltd was established in Richmond in 1926. It produced excellent quality castings for vehicles, such as door handles, door locks etc., and also designed, patented and supplied the industry with window winding mechanisms, and windscreen wipers and blades. Directors Roy William Newton (1900 - 1951), Arthur Henry Powell, and Reginald Arthur Powell took a lead role in these new developments. The firm developed and patented processes to enable moulding of plastic to metal which was an important breakthrough in the application of metal to plastic technology, and in 1939 formed a subsidiary company D. C. Plastics Pty. Ltd. During the Second World War, Die Casters Pty. Ltd. manufactured defence products including components of bomb sights, machine guns and engine parts for aircraft. In 1944, post-war production of a small car was planned. After the war the company quickly repurposed production - making aluminium kettles out of shell noses, and converting machine gun tooling to making women's hair brushes and toothpaste tubes. Later they developed and produced innovative overhead spray systems for irrigation. Newton, Roy William (1900 - 1951)

Founder and Managing Director, 1926 - 1951.

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 'Die Casters Pty Ltd', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Die Casters Pty Ltd Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Newspaper Article: Die Casters Subsidiary [D. C. Plastics Pty. Ltd. registered] Die Casters Subsidiary [D. C. Plastics Pty. Ltd. registered] 1939 The Herald (Melbourne) 9 Resource: Australian Patent search database IP Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Australian Patent search database Commonwealth of Australia 2015 Resource: Australian Patent search database IP Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Australian Patent search database Commonwealth of Australia 2015 Resource: Australian Patent search database IP Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Australian Patent search database Commonwealth of Australia 2015 Resource: Australian Patent search database IP Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Australian Patent search database Commonwealth of Australia 2015 Resource: Australian Patent search database IP Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Australian Patent search database Commonwealth of Australia 2015 Resource: Australian Patent search database IP Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Australian Patent search database Commonwealth of Australia 2015 Newspaper Article: Die Caster's inventive leader dies at sea Die Caster's inventive leader dies at sea 1951 The Herald (Melbourne) 6 Newspaper Article: Costly fire at factory. Machinery lost Costly fire at factory. Machinery lost 1944 The Age 3 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000